Hackers post video of hostage on US website

Computer hackers commandeered the website of a California mapping and land-surveying company to post videos of American hostage Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia before he was beheaded by his al-Qaida captors.

The company that runs the website of Silicon Valley Land Survey broke the link to the videos once it learned its servers were being used to disseminate the footage, said Tim Redd, owner of the San Jose land surveying company.